Holder for attached collars



Nov. 15, 1949 N. PAULSEN 2,488,139

HOLDER FOR ATTACHED COLLARS Filed Feb. 15, 1946 Patented Nov. 15, 1949 UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE HOLDER FOR ATTACHED COLLARS Neal I. Paulsen, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application February 15, 1946, serialNo. 647,678

1 Claim. l

My invention relates to holders for attached collars, and has for its object to provide a 4cheap and inexpensive member which can be applied Within the collar band of a laundered shirt and which not only will hold the collar in position but will effectively prevent the collar `being crushed or bent when the same is stored in suitcases, drawers or the like.

Heretofore laundries have been accustomed to apply to the front part of the collar a form of device which is applied to the portion -of the collar under the tabs. While such a 'device holds the front fof the ycollar and the tabs in position it has no effect upon the back part and sides of the collar, which, particularly when ycarried in suitcases or the like, frequently becomes crushed and bent so as to be unsightly when worn.

I have discovered a very simple arrangement of flexible but edgewise rigid band which maybe applied within the collar and so that its edges will e extend outside of the plane of the top of the collar, whereby the collar will at all times be protected against compression which would crush or distort the collar.

'It is a principal .object of my invention, therefore, to provide a exible but edgewise rigid band. This band will be of such length relative to the circumferential extent of the inner part of `the collar .that when inserted within .the collar there will be a loop turned in andthe band wil-1 press against the inner side .of the collar wall, thus receiving and resisting any pressure which could otherwise be transmitted to the collar itself.

It isa further object of my invention to provide such a band with means for attachment to the fold of the collar whereby it will be anchored in position within the collar.

It is also an object of my invention to use the band bent in the manner heretofore described for insertion within the collar when properly folded, without any means of attachment to the collar other than the expanding force of the folded band inside the collar, and its frictional engagement with the inner collar wall.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will be made to appear in connection with the following specification, and the novel features of the invention by which the aforesaid advantageous results are obtained will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings illustrating an application of my invention in some of its forms:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a freshly laundered folded shirt having my holding means applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and on a larger scale showing the manner in which the collar holder is positioned lwithin the collar.

Fig. `3 is a plan view of the form of collar hold.- ing strip employed in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 illustrates a strip vsimilar to that .of Fig. 3 but without any means of attachment to the collar itself yet otherwise in the same position as the strip of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 illustrates a plan view of .a freshly 'launderedshirt showing another means lof putting the collar protecting strip in'position within the ycollar.

Fig. 6 illustrates the type of collar str-ip employed in Figs. 4 and 5.

Fig. 1'7 is an edge view of the ho'lder strip .of Figs. 3 and 6.

As illustrated in Fig. 1 a shirt l, of standard or customary construction, is shown folded in .the usual manner after laundering, with .the collar tabs 8 and Ba'turned down on the front of the shirt so as to leave the overlapping band Ail and the button :hole F0 therethrough between the tabs 8 and 8a.

VIn the form of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a band :III of paper board material which is springy :and edgewise rig-id and noncollapsable from .transverse strain is provided with angularly Ydisposed 'notches `I2 and l2a, Fig. 3, and this band is shown posi.- tioned in the shirt collar band in Fig. 1.

To effect the positioning of theholder and protector `lf'l within the band of the collar 22, the ends 20 and 4'2|A are brought together leaving the protector vband bulged 'backwardly as 'indicated in dotted lines at 23. The two slots I2 and I2a are pushed down over the front or folded collar band each as clearly shown in Fig. 2 and also as indicated in Fig. 1. The bulge 23 is then pushed forward and depressed within the collar to form inside the collar band an inner loop I3 and two outer loops 24 and 25.

These loops are pressed down within the collar band 22 and released. They will then with their natural spring expand outwardly, holding the shirt collar band 22 as indicated in Fig. 1.

Also the upper edge '26 of the holder Il, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, extends above the upper edge 22 of the folded collar indicated generally by the numeral I6. This extended portion is shown at 21 immediately adjacent the highest part of the edge of collar 22 and is indicated as above dotted line 28, which shows the line of the collar 22 from its highest point adjacent the part marked 21 to the tabs 8 and 8a.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, the protective holder i4 of Figs. 6 and 7 is employed. Here the ends 30 and 3| of said strip are cut square, without any slots similar to slots I2 and I2a. The application of the holder is the same as in Fig. 1 excepting that in this form the ends 30 and 3l are brought together at the front of the shirt band inside the collar band as shown in Fig. 4, with a center loop 13a and side loops 24a and 25d- 1- The contact of the edges 30 and 3| will resist the expansive force of the protective holder I 4 and hold the same in position extending above the upper edge 22 of the collar aboutas indicated in the dotted line 28 of Fig. 2, excepting that the protective member is entirely inside the band 9:

A very good result is also obtained in theapplication of the protective band in the form of Fig. 5. Here the end edges 30 and 3i of protective strip I4 are placed in contact and in parallel turned inwardly, as'shown at `32 of Fig. 5.

In this form the center 33 of the band Will contact the front shirtband 9 on the inside thereof and there will be two loops 34 and 35 without any intervening loops such as I3. Again, however, the spring of the paper board strip I4 will hold the collar stretched 4in position and will extend above the upper edge 22, andv by its edgewisestiffness and rigidity willpreventrdistortion of the collar. Y

vThe advantages of my invention will appear in connection, with the detailed description heretofore given.' In all oftheA forms there is a strip of spring paper board so held within the inner limits of the shirt collar that the collar itself is maintained expanded and'. the protective card extends above the upper or outer edge of the collar itself and has sufficient rigidity to resist pressure toward the collar, even when very considerable, and thus ,maintains the collar at all times in its finished condition after laundering, undistorted by any external pressures toward the edge ofthecollar.,n l v1 The primary advantage -of my invention is, therefore, that it does maintain the laundered collar throughout its extent, not merely just adjacent the tabs, in the form in which it hasbeen put by laundering, undistorted from any cause.

It is a further great advantage of this invention that it can be manufactured at very low cost, considerably lower than devices now employed, which tend to hold only the collar tabs in position and which do not protect the back portions of the collar.

Another great advantage of this invention re- 4 sides in the fact that the protective collar holder may be applied to the collar at the laundry with very great ease and with consumption of only a very small amount of time.

A further advantage of my invention, particularly when referred to the methods and devices heretofore employed in holding the tabs of the collar from the front, comes from the fact that operators place these under-tab members in position while the shirt is what is known as f'green, that is while substantially dry yet is not perfectly dry. Under these conditions the application of the old form of device has a tendency to leave the collar tabs twisted out of position and frequently with deforming Wrinkles and frequently leaves it in that condition, while with my invention the application does not effect the position of the tabs at all nor produce wrinkles, no matter how green" the shirt may be at that time.

I claim:

A collar protecting device whichcomprises a band of springy paper board, said bandbeing considerably longer than the inside dimension of a laundered collar and being wider than the greatest width ofthe laundered collar,-angularlyfdisposed slots formed in the band adjacent each end adapted to be slipped over the front collar-band between the collar tabs, said device being adapted to be positioned within-the-laundered 'collar and when so positioned being formed with loops engageable with the respective sides of the Vcollar and by the spring of said loopsholding thecollar in formed positionas launderedand protecting it from distortion through application of outside pressure or force. Y r

Y NEAL I. PAULSEN.

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